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Debate rises to teach Kurdish in schools in Turkey

Debate rises to teach Kurdish in schools in Turkey

ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News

The Turkish government plans to offer Kurdish language elective courses for secondary schools, beginning in the fifth grade, Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay said, as the Peace and Democracy Party’s (BDP) deputy parliamentary group leader, Hasip Kaplan, said Kurdish should be taught starting in kindergarten.

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